For the first time ever, Big Noon came to Iowa State for their game against the Iowa Hawkeyes. It was hard to get many picture of the pregame show because it ends right before the game. However, Barstool Sports was there and also did a show right next to where… Read More »Cyclone State: Big Noon
On Day 3 of Austin, I was able to get away from work enough to do a quick little walk around our area and do some night street photography. Here are some pictures: The next day in Austin, there wasn’t much of anything, as far as photography, but I’ll share… Read More »Austin Day 3: Night Street Photography
Thursdays are for flowers! This flowertography session took place in my yard. Have a peek: Next Thursday’s flowertography collection will also take place in my yard.
This is the final collection of 2024 images (besides the Howard Family Photo Shoot) I have to share. Then the 2024 backlog will be all but clear! Have a look: Feels good to have that 2024 backlog all but cleared.
Going to wipe out the rest of the 2024 images (with the exception of the Howard Family Photo Shoot) in the next 2 days. These are a bunch of images that I liked, but never really found their way into a previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entry. They are all over… Read More »We Sat on Your Roof
DAMAGED! What a great theme! But did enough people find something roughed up to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 8, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week*2-Mary Green – 1 week*3-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week4-Jesse Howard –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 522 – DAMAGED
Last Sunday we left off basically when I was getting ready to get off the plane. We will continue from there. The first day in Ireland. It was my first time really going through Customs in over 20 years. Getting into Ireland was pretty simple. They asked why we were… Read More »Ireland Day 1
Time to clean out that 2024 backlog some more. This collection of mostly street photography images in downtown Boone. I think most of these were either alternate images for the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme SYMMETRY and maybe some were images considered for a theme reveal image for REFLECTIONS. Have… Read More »Well, It was Nearly Summer
Day 2 in Austin really was all work. I’m not even sure if I left the hotel the entire day. Which means I took hardly any pictures. But what I got I will share. Hope you like pictures of a hotel! Here they are: On Day 3 I was able… Read More »Austin Day 2: All Work and No Play
This week’s flowertography comes from the 3 distinct trips I made to see Stink Floyd. You don’t know Stink Floyd? Stink Floyd was a corpse flower at Reiman Gardens that bloomed in May. Here are some facts about Stink Floyd from the Reiman Gardens website: Origins The corpse flower (Amorphophallus… Read More »Don’t Leave Me Now
Iowa State had their first home football game of the season a couple of Saturdays back. Derrick punked out of going to the game so Alexis went in his stead. I took the camera around and took some pictures of the Spirit walk and the Steps Concert. Have a look:… Read More »Iowa State 55 South Dakota 7
On Saturday I shared a collection of images from Greene County that were alternates for the ART theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Today I’m going to share the rest of the alternates. These were taken in Harcourt. Have a look: I’m almost out of 2024 images to share. Almost!
MEANINGFUL! What a great theme! But did enough people find something with meaning in their lives to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 1, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Willy McAlpine – 1 week2-Monica Jennings – 5 weeks3-Becky Parmelee – 5… Read More »WPC – WEEK 521 – MEANINGFUL
Today’s food adventure covers the travel day Andy and I had that began in Fort Dodge, Iowa and ended in Dublin, Ireland. I was going to do a thing where I calculated how much money I spent on food on this trip, but I didn’t do a very good job… Read More »Ireland – Travel Day
Time to clean up the backlog a little bit. These pictures were are alternates for the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme of ART. I took these pictures in Dana, Iowa and Paton, Iowa.. Have a look! There are still more pictures from this road trip to share!
This is the final collection of images I took while walking around Austin with Lowell on a work trip there. When we concluded last Friday we were just getting ready to leave the Museum of the Weird. We will begin there and then take a walk down Austin’s famous Sixth… Read More »Austin Day 1: Sixth Street
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring. Today’s flowertography session was taken back in May. These are all… Read More »Richness to Life
It is time to once again to clean up some of the backlog. This is a collection of images that I like, but never really fit into a previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entry. Most of these images were alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Here are the pictures: It always… Read More »I’m a Weirdo
The second day of September! No better day to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from August. I managed to leave the state of Iowa in August. In fact August was an incredibly busy month. A month that I don’t think I will duplicate any time soon. I got to… Read More »Selfie Project – August 2025
CHARITY! What a great theme! But did enough people have it in their heart it to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, August 24, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Monica Jennings – 4 weeks2-Becky Parmelee – 4 weeks3-Suzie Brannen – 13 weeks4-Alexis… Read More »WPC – WEEK 520 – CHARITY
I said last Sunday that this week’s food adventure was going to be about eating next to a lake. But I’m actually going to push that food adventure off for several weeks. Probably a couple of months. This week’s food adventure is about Tall & Meaty’s day competing at the… Read More »Tall & Meaty: Iowa State Fair – 2025